And this my friends is how a car video should be done, no excessive talking, no stupid background music, just the sound of the car, and nothing more. Perfect!
There were two 1949 VW's brought in to the US. In 1961 my dad bought one from the distributor and had it for maybe 6 months before selling it to the Henry Ford Museum where many years later as an adult I was able to stick my head inside and smell what it was like to be 6 again. It was unbelievably slooooow with a non synchro first gear. Maybe 25 very small ponies. Downhill.
Amazing car, excelent condition, it seems very original to me. What surprises me is the engine sound. Its absolutely the same. I grew up surronded by vw beetles (we call them Fusca in Brasil). My first car was a 1974. Nice video!
We had many rusted through cars in Columbus Ohio in the 60's. I remember watching the road going by through the 2x4 supported floorboards on the way to our grandmother's house for Christmas. Our first new family of 5 car was a 1963 Volkswagen. Always started, and always got us home through the lovely Ohio winters of ice crested roads. Fond memories of fighting for the cubby hole with my sisters. Had a wind-up sunroof and optional rubberized paint, lol. My Dad traded it in on a new 1967 Impala as we were moving west. Now it's a classic car.
Im from columbus too. I remember a split window VW stopped at the traffic light on Main street at Neil avenue. It was just a hundred feet before going under the Chesapeake and Ohio RR overpass/viaduct headed downtown.. That would have been around 1953. Not that a split window is rare now, back then it was a regular volkswagen and there wernt a lot of them, thats why I took notice.
Back in the early 70's i worked for a shop called European motor parts on Bumby avenue in Orlando florida. We serviced VW's and Corvairs, and sold accessories for the new dune buggy craze down there. We had a pile of old stripped out engine blocks in the back against the wall piled 5 feet high. All were blown motors, usually the front cylinder on the left on the drivers side. I was told it was because of bad cooling. Many had thrown rods too.... Used to strip the heads and sell to a recycle place. They came back overhauled, all welded up in the chambers. Looked crummy but they ran just great. Remember "TeePee headers"?
An absolutely honest presentation of a rare, very old VW Beetle in its original condition. My father had one a few years older in the early years of my childhood. I literally have the smell of the car in my nose when I watch this video. Thank you!
Superb restoration! Lovely car. Years back I owned a 1955 Beetle.. My work buddies used to say I was the only guy they knew of who's wife was younger than his car..[My wife was born in 1957!] By the way my '55 had the VW toolkit which sat inside the spare wheel.. hard to find them nowadays..
Thanks for the memories. My first car back in '73 was a '64 Beetle, also black. After joyfully driving it for a couple of years, I traded it for a '70 Opel GT. Big mistake. More Beetles followed after that. Loved those cars! Subscribed. Cheers!
Thanks for showing this. Awesome to see such an older model VW running. I love the Beatle. I’ve had three of them over the years. How nice it would be if they would bring them back with the original design and not like the newer Beatle with the front engine. That model was a flop.
BASIC! I cringe at thinking the origins of this car, however these cars survived and we're so popular for very long. They were once as ubiquitous as cigarette machines, or phone books. Often imitated, never duplicated. Anyone remember the Yugo? A little cardboard car that lasted a couple of times past the red light.
This car appears to be a true survivor, original in every sense of the word. And original is a term that is grossly misused in the collector car hobby. I have a 1957 VW, a Polar Silver Type 113 Sedan. I purchased it from the estate of the original owner in 1978, when it had 10,693 miles on her. 46 years later, she only has 13,650 miles on the odometer. It is completely original since the day she left Wolfsburg on May 28th of 1978, except for the battery, the tires, and the hydraulic components to the brake system. My car has always been a true garage queen, and she will stay that way until the day the Good Lord takes me away.
It might be nice to know something of the history of this car...for example, how did it manage to survive intact for so long while all it's siblings were butchered, mutilated, trashed, lowered, 'slammed', cal-looked' etc. or just parted out. Any ideas ?
Hi Steve The history I know is that the car was built in march of 1949 and sold new in Germany.I bought it from a collector in Arizona 28 years ago who bought three VWs from a guy back east, Pennsylvania I think.I then learned from a VW friend in Pennsylvania that he saw this car in a wrecking yard in Michigan with a car sitting on top of it.(it does have dents in the roof) He asked me if it still had the fuel screen in the filler neck of the gas tank as he remembered it and Yes It is still there. I got it running when I bought it replaced the cables for the brakes added a lot of missing parts and kept it running until the clutch went out last year. A lot of upgrades to originality, fixes, some rust repair and She's back on the road again ready for another 75 years. Thanks for your interest : )
I looked carefully and the only moden upgrade I see are the LED tail lights - makes sense because if you're going slow in the right lane of the freeway you want to be seen!
Because my dad had a used one in the early '60s gas heater, vinyl seats can't recall much else as it was his commuter and I rarely rode in it. IIAC 49 was the first year that they were imported, so I'm guessing this must be pretty rare.
Mein Exportmodell vom März 1949 sollte angeblich den verchromten Hupengrill haben. Im Juni 1949 wurde damit aufgehört, die schwarze Hupe an der Stoßstange blieb aber für Standardmodelle bis, glaube ich, 1953 erhalten. Danke für den Kommentar : ) My March '49 Export Model is supposed to have the Chrome Horn Grill,they stopped this in June '49 but kept the black horn on the bumper for standard models until I think 1953.Thanks for the comment : )
Dang! A post Hitler-mobile!...LOL...They cranked them out post=war even in the bomb damaged factories. "Had a 72 super beetle...modified etc., no wonder they could not meet later safety reg's. with a fiber fuel hose sitting above a cylinder cover over a hot exhaust. Remember HWY 101 and burning vans, etc. Thanks for the memory. 😇
Noce antique. But I wouldn't try to use it as a daily driver. Car is 75 years old. Design concept nearly 90. Been too much progress since this car and it just too far behind the times to be useful.
In the late 60's early 70's I worked at a VW only repair shop. My boss and I would roam all the back alleys and buy these splits and ovals for $35. Those were the days my friends.
And this my friends is how a car video should be done, no excessive talking, no stupid background music, just the sound of the car, and nothing more. Perfect!
Thanks for the comment : )
Exactly!👏
I agree!
Totally agree
Thank You
Absolutely perfect. Thanks for keeping this gem on the road, and as original as possible. RickGTI….. 🌴
Thanks for the comment : )
There were two 1949 VW's brought in to the US. In 1961 my dad bought one from the distributor and had it for maybe 6 months before selling it to the Henry Ford Museum where many years later as an adult I was able to stick my head inside and smell what it was like to be 6 again. It was unbelievably slooooow with a non synchro first gear. Maybe 25 very small ponies. Downhill.
What a great story thanks for sharing : )
75 years young and still stunning.
Thanks for the nice comment : )
Outstanding sir. What a time capsule. Don't change a thing.
Thanks !
Man, back in the early 80's I think around 1982/83 I saw a 52 for sale. Even then it was close to $5,000. LOVE old beetles.
These Split Window VW's have been pretty hard to find for a long time.
thanks for the comment.
What an amazing, survivor car! Fantastic!
Thanks for the nice comment : )
Best video so far.
Thanks !
Split window=❤❤❤❤
Thank you for commenting : )
Amazing car, excelent condition, it seems very original to me. What surprises me is the engine sound. Its absolutely the same. I grew up surronded by vw beetles (we call them Fusca in Brasil). My first car was a 1974.
Nice video!
Thank you very much for the comment : )
We had many rusted through cars in Columbus Ohio in the 60's. I remember watching the road going by through the 2x4 supported floorboards on the way to our grandmother's house for Christmas. Our first new family of 5 car was a 1963 Volkswagen. Always started, and always got us home through the lovely Ohio winters of ice crested roads. Fond memories of fighting for the cubby hole with my sisters. Had a wind-up sunroof and optional rubberized paint, lol. My Dad traded it in on a new 1967 Impala as we were moving west. Now it's a classic car.
Nice Thanks for sharing : )
Im from columbus too. I remember a split window VW stopped at the traffic light on Main street at Neil avenue. It was just a hundred feet before going under the Chesapeake and Ohio RR overpass/viaduct headed downtown.. That would have been around 1953. Not that a split window is rare now, back then it was a regular volkswagen and there wernt a lot of them, thats why I took notice.
Wow! This thing is very original and unrestored; extremely rare!
Thanks for the comment : )
Simplicity and Durability _ just a magnificent work of engineering _ everything about this car i loved _ thank you for the wonderful video shared ❤
Glad you liked it! Thanks : )
Kool old VW. Thank you for keeping it running. I had a 1967 VW I had as a daily driver for 20 years.
Nice Thanks for the comment : )
Back in the early 70's i worked for a shop called European motor parts on Bumby avenue in Orlando florida. We serviced VW's and Corvairs, and sold accessories for the new dune buggy craze down there. We had a pile of old stripped out engine blocks in the back against the wall piled 5 feet high. All were blown motors, usually the front cylinder on the left on the drivers side. I was told it was because of bad cooling. Many had thrown rods too.... Used to strip the heads and sell to a recycle place. They came back overhauled, all welded up in the chambers. Looked crummy but they ran just great. Remember "TeePee headers"?
Thanks for sharing I do not remember Tee Pee Headers : )
Lovely patina! What a beautiful car!
Thanks : )
Y'all can leave that beauty in my garage, since we were both born in '49....❤❤❤
Nice ! Thanks for the comment : )
An absolutely honest presentation of a rare, very old VW Beetle in its original condition. My father had one a few years older in the early years of my childhood. I literally have the smell of the car in my nose when I watch this video. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing!
Love the car, the house looks interesting as well, lovely outlook and I’d imagine true to when it was built.
Thanks for the comment Rob : )
Superb restoration! Lovely car. Years back I owned a 1955 Beetle.. My work buddies used to say I was the only guy they knew of who's wife was younger than his car..[My wife was born in 1957!] By the way my '55 had the VW toolkit which sat inside the spare wheel.. hard to find them nowadays..
Nice Thanks for sharing : )
Wow! Ausgezeichnet! Sehr gut gemacht!
DANKE für den netten Kommentar : )
Thanks for the memories. My first car back in '73 was a '64 Beetle, also black. After joyfully driving it for a couple of years, I traded it for a '70 Opel GT. Big mistake. More Beetles followed after that. Loved those cars! Subscribed. Cheers!
Thanks Chip : )
Absolutely brilliant.
Thanks : )
Thanks for sharing this car with the world!
You bet! Thanks for watching : )
Wow, it is like listening to my 71' come to life and drive.
Thanks for the comment : )
Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for showing this. Awesome to see such an older model VW running. I love the Beatle. I’ve had three of them over the years. How nice it would be if they would bring them back with the original design and not like the newer Beatle with the front engine. That model was a flop.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks : )
BASIC! I cringe at thinking the origins of this car, however these cars survived and we're so popular for very long. They were once as ubiquitous as cigarette machines, or phone books. Often imitated, never duplicated. Anyone remember the Yugo? A little cardboard car that lasted a couple of times past the red light.
Thanks for the comment Neil : )
They built Yugos until the late 2000s
Oh, great car and great godfather worldwide of all the vehicles in duration and resistance, old but "good wood" 😉👍🏻
Yes indeed! Thanks : )
Parabéns pelo carro, uma relíquia 👏👏👏
Gracias : )
Original!!!!!! nice......not that many 49s in the US that are original. all correct parts.
Thanks for the comment : )
A daily driver no doubt. Just like my young 1974 Superbug L.
It used to be but not these days : ) Thanks for the comment
This car appears to be a true survivor, original in every sense of the word. And original is a term that is grossly misused in the collector car hobby.
I have a 1957 VW, a Polar Silver Type 113 Sedan. I purchased it from the estate of the original owner in 1978, when it had 10,693 miles on her. 46 years later, she only has 13,650 miles on the odometer. It is completely original since the day she left Wolfsburg on May 28th of 1978, except for the battery, the tires, and the hydraulic components to the brake system. My car has always been a true garage queen, and she will stay that way until the day the Good Lord takes me away.
Great Story ! Thank You for sharing : )
Badass Bug!!!!!!! ❤
Thanks : )
I wonder how many more 49' bugs are still here today. First year these were imported to the U.S.
That's a good question : )
Werld needs more of these.....😏
That would be fun : )
It might be nice to know something of the history of this car...for example, how did it manage to survive intact for so long while all it's siblings were butchered, mutilated, trashed, lowered, 'slammed', cal-looked' etc. or just parted out. Any ideas ?
Hi Steve
The history I know is that the car was built in march of 1949 and sold new in Germany.I bought it from a collector in Arizona 28 years ago who bought three VWs from a guy back east, Pennsylvania I think.I then learned from a VW friend in Pennsylvania that he saw this car in a wrecking yard in Michigan with a car sitting on top of it.(it does have dents in the roof) He asked me if it still had the fuel screen in the filler neck of the gas tank as he remembered it and Yes It is still there.
I got it running when I bought it replaced the cables for the brakes added a lot of missing parts and kept it running until the clutch went out last year.
A lot of upgrades to originality, fixes, some rust repair and She's back on the road again ready for another 75 years.
Thanks for your interest : )
I looked carefully and the only moden upgrade I see are the LED tail lights - makes sense because if you're going slow in the right lane of the freeway you want to be seen!
Brad thanks for the comment but there are no LED's on this car only 6 Volt bulbs : )
Because my dad had a used one in the early '60s gas heater, vinyl seats can't recall much else as it was his commuter and I rarely rode in it. IIAC 49 was the first year that they were imported, so I'm guessing this must be pretty rare.
Thanks for that comment and yes they are pretty rare. : )
La bisnonna della Volkswagen è sempre molto bella
Grazie per aver apprezzato la mia macchina :)
Cool. Oregon plates
Thanks : )
mooi top
Thanks : )
Original color and paint?
Its original color but not original paint Thanks for watching : )
Is transmission synchronized?
No synchros in the transmission.It has its original transmission as well Thanks for the comment : )
@@vintagevwchannel Cheers!
... I believe those were 25 HP motors ... 😱 ... 😁 ...
Yes it does have a 25HP motor.Thanks for the comment : )
Three thousand three hundred revs per minute and thirty three miles per imperial gallon.
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Esp for first time and end time drivers...🤓....and any in between wanting to live the better life....😝
For Sure ; )
Ich hatte einen 51er , ich glaube die Stossstange mit den Hörnern ist nicht original !?
Mein Exportmodell vom März 1949 sollte angeblich den verchromten Hupengrill haben. Im Juni 1949 wurde damit aufgehört, die schwarze Hupe an der Stoßstange blieb aber für Standardmodelle bis, glaube ich, 1953 erhalten. Danke für den Kommentar : )
My March '49 Export Model is supposed to have the Chrome Horn Grill,they stopped this in June '49 but kept the black horn on the bumper for standard models until I think 1953.Thanks for the comment : )
1949 same as 1939 the first BUGs ?.
It is very similar but not exactly the same. Thanks for watching : )
Dang! A post Hitler-mobile!...LOL...They cranked them out post=war even in the bomb damaged factories. "Had a 72 super beetle...modified etc., no wonder they could not meet later safety reg's. with a fiber fuel hose sitting above a cylinder cover over a hot exhaust. Remember HWY 101 and burning vans, etc. Thanks for the memory. 😇
Yes This car was built while there was still bomb damage to the factory, Thanks for the comment.
Noce antique. But I wouldn't try to use it as a daily driver. Car is 75 years old. Design concept nearly 90. Been too much progress since this car and it just too far behind the times to be useful.
Definitely not the best car for daily driving however I did daily drive this car for a few months about 15 years ago : )
Of course, you’re from Oregon😂
Thanks for the nice comment : )
@@vintagevwchannel
Lol
All original? I would refurbish the interior. Looks like an old coffin.
The interior is original.Thanks for the comment : )
@@vintagevwchannel It's astonishing. I bet no such an old Beetle survived in such great original conditions in his birthland Germany.
Funny how so many people were suckered into buying this cheap little turd on wheels. LOL!
That little turd is probably worth 30k now 😂
this is Elder Abuse. The car is in really poor shape. Sell it or restore it.
wow really ?
In the late 60's early 70's I worked at a VW only repair shop. My boss and I would roam all the back alleys and buy these splits and ovals for $35. Those were the days my friends.
Amazing Thanks for sharing : )